Cigar-lighter



F. THILOW.

CIGAR LIGHTER.

I APPLICATION FILED JULY 9; 1919. v 7 1,369,144,. I Patented Feb. 22', 1921.

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Patented Feb. 22,1921.

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firm/r %Z'Zaw FRANK THILOW, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-LIGHTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 223,

Application filed. July 9, 1919. Serial No. 309,776.

T 0 all 10 hom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK TrrILow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphla and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar- Lighters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in cigar lighters, and has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device of this description in which a generator is utilized for automati cally producing gas from diluted sulfurlc acid and zinc, and storing said gas from which storage it may be drawn and ignited by contact with the platinum sponge, and

A further object of my invention is to so locate a mirror relative to the burner of the device as to reflect the end of the cigar being lighted, thus greatly facilitating this process.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which Figure 1, is a perspective of a cigar lighter made in accordance w1th my improvement.

Fig. 2, is a central vertical section of Fig. 1, and FFig. 3, is a. section at the line 3-3 of i carrying out my invention as here-embodied, 1 represents a container, here shown in the form of a glass jar having a top or cover 2 adapted to be threaded over the mouth of the bottle and be sealedby the compressible packing ring 3. v

4 represents a burner which is provided with a shank 5'passing through the cover, and to this shank is secured the neck 6 of the gas reservoir 7 by cement as at 8, or in any other suitable manner. 'This reservoir is here shown as being made in the shape of a bottle without a bottomso that when immersed in the liquid 9 in the container it acts as a gasometer and prevents the rising of the liquid therein so long as the outlet through the top thereof is closed.

passageway 13 and this valve has secured thereon the hand lever M which latter is provided with an extension 15 having a coiled spring 16 attached to 1ts outer end,

while the inner end ofv said spring is attached to the eye 1'? on the top of the cover. By this construction the valve 12 will be normally held in its closed position so as to prevent the outflow of from the reservoir, but. when it is desired to produce a flame the depression of the hand lever 14 will revolve the valve to permit the gas to flow from the reservoir 7, the liquid 9 in the container gradually rising in the reservoir as the gas escapes from the latter, as will be readily understood. This rising of the liquid in the container will bring said liquid into contact with the zinc plate 10 and as this liquid attacks the zinc to form a gas the liquid will be forced out of the bottom of the container so as to carry it out of contact with the zinc, and thus automatically regulate the formation of the gas.

18 represents an inverted cap or housing in which the proper amount of platinum sponge 19 will be held in such manner as to be protected against undue moisture and thus be permitted to remain in its activev The manipulation of the valve to state. permit the gas to flow from the burner will project said gas into the cap 18 against the platinum sponge 19, which contact as is well known will rapidly raise the temperature of the platinum sponge to the point ofigniting the gas thus producing a flame from which a cigar may be lit.

The cap 18 carries a lug 20 through which the rod 21 passes, a set Screw 22 being provided for holding this cap in any adjustment upon this rod.

The lower end of the rod 21 is secured in the boss 23 carried upon the top of the cover. This arrangement permits the adjustment of the platinum sponge to or away from the tip of the burner so as to increase the length of the frame and give greater or less space for access thereto.

Heretofore it has been both awkward and difiicult for a smoker to determine when a proper light has been secured upon the end of the cigar, and'this difficulty Ihave ent "ely overcome by combining a mirror 2 with the device and I have here shown this mirror as being provided with a shank 25 carrying a slip socket 26 which is adapted to run upon the post 27 projecting upward from the top of the cup. This permits of the vertical adjustment of the mirror as well as its sidewise adjustment since the slip joint may be raised or lowered upon its post or said joint may be turned upon its axis so as to set the mirror at different angles. This mirror is so located that a person lighting a cigar will be enabled to observe the end. of said cigarwhen in contact with the flame and thus a proper light may he obtained and this is of reat 1m )ortance since the iinproper lighting of a cigar deteriorates the smoking quality thereof causing it to burn unevenly and smoulder giving a disagreeable odor and taste.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as herein shown as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from thespirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my inven{ tion, whatI claim as new and useful is.t

1. A cigar llghter comprising a container having an externally threaded neck, a

threaded top run upon said neck, a, com-V presslble washer interposed between the' lower flange of the top and flange formed upon the neck of the container, a burner having a shank pro ecting through the top,

a reservoir secured to said shank, said reservoirs being open at the bottom, a boss'car- 'ried by the top, a rod the lower end of which is secured in said boss, a platinum holding cap, a lug formed with said cap, said lug having a hole therethrough for the passage of the upper end oi said rod, and a set screw for holding the cap in various adjustments ried by the top, a red the lower end of which is secured in said boss, a platinum holdings cap, a lug formed with said cap, said lug having a hole therethrough for the passage 01 the upper end of said rod, and a set screw for holding the cap in various adjustments upon said rod, a valve fitted'in the: burner for controlling the outflow of gas from the reservoir, a hand lever carried by saidvalve for operating the latter, an extension formed 7 with saidjlever, and a coil spring connecting the outer end of said extension with the cover. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereuntoafiiXed my signature.

FRAN THILOW. 

